Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Alkanna graeca Boiss. & Spruner |
Synonyms | Alkanna calliensis Heldr. ex Nyman |
Nonea lutea Bory & Chaub. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 100-1500m |
Description | scabrously hirsute, leaves in rosette, oblong-lanceolate, acute, at base attenuate, upper leaves subcordate, shortly lanceolate, acute, flowers in lax raceme, corolla glabrous |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | yellowish orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
graeca slavjankae Kožuharov, Fl. Nar. Republ. Bulgariya 9: 505, 138 (1989)
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